What are the Pancha Nitya Karmas?

Answer 1

Ethics begins with the keepers of the home and family. The Vedas list five primary duties of the householder: study of and teaching the Vedas; daily worship of the Gods through rituals; bestowing honor upon ancestors; being kind to domestic animals; extending hospitality to guests and the impoverished.

In the Taittiriya Upanishad is given one of the most eloquent and sweet-voiced creeds. It became the traditional farewell advice from guru to pupil: "Speak the truth. Practice dharma. Do not neglect the study of the Vedas. Do not neglect your duties to the Gods and ancestors. Treat your mother and father as God. Treat your teacher as God. Treat your guest as God."

Gradually an amalgam of all the counsel of the Vedas and Agamas coalesced into what became known as the Pancha Nitya Karmas, "five constant duties."

Pancha Nitya Karmas

Dharma (Virtuous Living)

Proper conduct follows the laws of dharma and includes the teaching of one's favorite moral scripture, remaining celibate until marriage, obeying sthree dharma for women and purusha dharma for men. It is goodness in thought, word and deed.

Upasana (Worship)

Personal worship in the home shrine includes performance of puja, sadhana, japa and religious study. Regular devotions in the home and temple bring forth love of God and prepare the mind for the practices of meditation.

Utsava (Holy Days)

The observance of Hindu festivals in the home and temple, including Guru Puja days, brings deep communion with God during highly spiritual times of the year. Utsava includes fasting and attending the temple on Fridays, the Hindu holy day.

Tirthayatrai (Pilgrimage)

At least once each year every Hindu must make a pilgrimage to a holy place, near or far. This is a time when all worldly matters are set aside and God becomes the central and singular focus of life.

Samskaras (Sacraments)

Sacraments are special ceremonies which mark our passages in life and sanctify these cycles of experience. They include the rites of birth, learning, marriage, death, monastic vows for monks and more.

Answer 2

now you know Pancha yagnas, apart from 5 -Nitya karmas (daily duties);

those days when "Living togetherness in society was to increase";
there had to be a minimum standard - "an ancient ISO for cleanliness!";

today - how many we need as common standard, has grown multifold!
have we grown up or gone down as society!!!,
for sure we have more rules-duties....

many-ques!!!

Answer 3

Five Constant Duties of a Hindu Pañcha Nitya Karmas


In addition to the normal activities associated with one's profession (varna dharma) and stage in life (ãshrama dharma), the daily routine of a devout Hindu is to perform pañcha mahã yagñas (five daily duties) and pañcha nitya karmas (five constant duties). These are the minimal practices which guide a person in everyday life and ensure peace, material and spiritual prosperity.

* Dharma (Righteousness): Live a virtuous life in accordance with the teachings of the scriptures. Cultivate virtues of purity, self-control, detachment, thinking of others first, truth and ahimsã. Be respectful of parents, teachers, and elders. Dharma also means performing all duties associated with one's normal profession, and individual and social obligations. Work must be performed purely for its own sake. This means that all actions must be performed for excellence and not merely for reward (nishkama karma). "Fix thy heart upon thy work, but not on its reward. Work not for a reward; but never cease to do thy work." (Bhagavad Gîtã 2.47)
* Tirthayãtrã (Pilgrimage): Regularly visit regularly holy persons, temples, and sacred pilgrimage sites. Such journeys provide freedom from routine life and thereby freshen the mind. Pilgrimages also help to create a sense of togetherness in the family, since all members undertake the pilgrimages together.
* Utsava (Holy Days): Participate in festivals and holy days in the home and temple. Observe fasts on holy days. This practice inculcates God-consciousness, refreshes the mind and creates a sense of togetherness in the family and the community. Hindu sages tell us that occasional fasting prevents bodily diseases, restores the body's healing power, and heals the mind by removing lust, anger, hatred, pride, and jealousy.
* Samskãras (Sacraments): Perform various Samskãras in accor-dance with the scriptures. Samskãras are the religious ceremonies which mark and sanctify an individual's passage through life. They purify the mind by inculcating truthfulness in the mind, and purity and generosity in the heart.
* Sarva Brahmã (God is in all): God lives in the hearts of all beings. Practice this truth, realize it and be free.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The Pancha Nitya Karmas

Pancha Nitya Karmas means "five constant duties." These traditional religious obligations, when properly performed, bring one close to the holy feet of our Great God Siva and fulfill the basic obligation we owe to our religion and ourselves. They are listed below.

1. Upasana: Worship in the Home Shrine and Temple
The dear children are taught daily worship in the family shrine room - rituals, disciplines, chants, yogas and religious study. They learn to be secure through devotion in home and temple, wearing traditional dress, bringing forth love of the Divine and preparing the mind for serene meditation.

2. Utsava: Holy days
The dear children are taught to participate in Hindu festivals and holy days in the home and temple. They learn to be happy through sweet communion with God at such auspicious celebrations. Utsava includes fasting and attending the temple on Monday or Friday and observing other holy days.

3. Dharma: Virtuous Living
The dear children are taught to live a life of duty and good conduct. They learn to be selfless by thinking of others first, being respectful of parents, elders and swamis, following divine law, especially ahimsa, mental, emotional and physical noninjury to all beings. Thus they resolve karmas.

4. Tirthayatra: Pilgrimage
The dear children are taught the value of pilgrimage and are taken at least once a year for darshan of holy persons, temples and places, near or far. They learn to be detached by setting aside worldly affairs and making God, Gods and gurus life’s singular focus during these journeys.

5. Samskara: Rites of Passage
The dear children are taught to observe the many sacraments which mark and sanctify their passages through life. They learn to be traditional by celebrating the rites of birth, name-giving, head-shaving, first feeding, ear-piercing, first learning, coming of age, marriage and death. -

Answer 6

1. Living in righteous way
2. Pilgirimage
3. Holy days(observe festival days,4
4. Sacramments (DO religious ceremonies)
5. Sarva Brahma (Realize God in all
If you follow this sincerly in your life you are one with God.

Answer 7

what u do from morning to evening???

Answer 8

A heresy?